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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

If the Multiverse is a thing, then that timeline has happened somewhere and our future selves visited us. Ahahaha. That would be trippy.

In this Multiverse though, it looks like we become the Borg, so they would have already collected all the info they needed and thus have no need to go back in time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The vulkan science proved time travel impossible

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

also because it is genuinely impossible to move faster than light as matter, let alone survive it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's why you make the space move around you instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

That's not related to time travel though, but that's a link to an actual irl concept of a warp engine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

that's so cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

All those random scraps of metal you find lying are just the end result of someone trying to travel back in time and the time machine not surviving

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Now I just wanna watch Primer again.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Incorrect. The child support liability on multiple timelines could no longer be insured.

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